Putter Fitting

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By WKilloran

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  1. WKilloran

    WKilloran

    I’m a 6 handicap, and a terrible putter. I’m using a Flowback 5.5, and do pretty well with speed on longer putts, but I miss way too many inside of 5 feet, and some are pretty ugly. I have never been fit for a putter, and I think I need to start there before getting any instruction. We have a Club Champions here in town, but I have heard a lot of mixed reviews. There is also a golf shop that I have used, but they don’t have the technology that Club Champions has. Is the technology necessary, or can I get a good fit without it? I’m a bit desperate, and my wife is getting tired of hearing about my bad putting. Thanks

  2. Jason S

    Jason S
    Wausau, WI

    I would get a lesson and fit a putter to your corrected putting stroke.
  3. Rob R

    Rob R
    Chicago, IL

    I agree with Jason. Take a couple of putting lessons with some solid practice time around the lessons.

    Good luck.
  4. Nick P

    Nick P
    Louisville, KY

    Any chance you love on the West Coast and could get to the Cameron Gallery in Encinitas? I would go there for a fitting which is also a min lesson. You wont regret it!
  5. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    At a 6 handicap a lesson alone probably won’t change much with your current putter. My experience a putter fitting with all the razzle-dazzle cameras are they both identify the nature of your swing and what putter characteristics help/hurt you. Besides Golf Galaxy and possibly Dick’s, Club Champion, and GolfTec, check with Cameron Studios, LAB, Evenroll, and a couple of other niche putter vendors and you may other reasonably local sites that can both fit you and offer technique changes for shorter putts to improve you.
    I have a personal bias against the first 4 I listed, only because I felt I was being sold and not partnering in my best interest. Whoever you go to, you need to have your own level of trust. That could be a Golf Galaxy or GolfTec. But all would be better than you trying putters on mats in a store that rarely carries over to on course results.
  6. WKilloran

    WKilloran

    Don O said:

    At a 6 handicap a lesson alone probably won’t change much with your current putter. My experience a putter fitting with all the razzle-dazzle cameras are they both identify the nature of your swing and what putter characteristics help/hurt you. Besides Golf Galaxy and possibly Dick’s, Club Champion, and GolfTec, check with Cameron Studios, LAB, Evenroll, and a couple of other niche putter vendors and you may other reasonably local sites that can both fit you and offer technique changes for shorter putts to improve you.
    I have a personal bias against the first 4 I listed, only because I felt I was being sold and not partnering in my best interest. Whoever you go to, you need to have your own level of trust. That could be a Golf Galaxy or GolfTec. But all would be better than you trying putters on mats in a store that rarely carries over to on course results.

    I was hoping that the Titleist studio at Pinehurst would do putter fittings, but they were not last time I checked. I really think this has developed into a mental issue more than a physical issue. It’s almost like I’m expecting to miss short putts. I have never had nerves playing a match. No first tee jitters. I tried a few relaxation techniques on the practice green today, and that freed me up a bit.

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